Title: Callas Rarities (1953-1969)
Label: Warner Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS

2014 Maria Callas remastered series reissue. With this Abbey Road 24-bit 96 kHz remaster, engineers returned to the original master tapes, bringing new clarity & brilliance to her legendary studio recordings. The tracks on this compilation were recorded over a period of no less than 16 years. The earliest, the two versions of Donna Anna's 'Non mi dir', date from 1953, and were intended to test microphone placing before Callas made her first commercial recording for EMI: Lucia di Lammermoor. The latest, the Verdi arias recorded with Nicola Rescigno in 1964-1965 and 1969, were never approved for release by the soprano. When Callas Rarities was first released in 1993, Gramophone wrote: 'Each item, each phrase almost, has something to be said about it: The whole collection makes essential listening.'

Tracks:
1.1 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2 : "Non Mi Dir" (Donna Anna) - Maria Callas, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin
1.2 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Non Mi Dir" (Donna Anna) - Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
1.3 MacBeth, Act 4: "Una Macchia Qui Tuttora!" (Lady MacBeth) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
1.4 Semiramide, Act 1: "Bel Raggio Lusinghier" (Semiramide) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.5 I Vespri Siciliani, Act 4: "Arrigo! Ah, Parli a Un Core" (Elena) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.6 Lucrezia Borgia, Act 1: "Tranquillo Ei Posa Com'e Bello" (Lucrezia Borgia) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.7 Guglielmo Tell, Act 2: "S'allontanano Alfine... Selva Opaca" (Mathilde) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.8 Semiramide, Act 1: "Bel Raggio Lusinghier" (Semiramide) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.9 Il Pirata, Act 1: "Sorgete... Lo Sognai Ferito, Esangue" (Imogene, Adele, Itulbo, Chorus) - Maria Callas, Monica Sinclair, Alexander Young, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.10 Don Carlo, Act 4: "O Don Fatale" (Elisabeth of Valois) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.11 La Cenerentola, Act 2: "Nacqui All'affanno E Al Pianto Non Piu Mesta" (Angelina) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.12 Oberon, Act 2: "Ocean! Thou Mighty Monster" (Reiza) - Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Tonini
1.13 Aida, Act 3: "Pur Ti Riveggo, Mia Dolce Aida" (Aida, Radames) - Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
1.14 I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata, Act 1: "Te, Vergin Santa" (Viclinda) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno
1.15 Il Trovatore, Act 4: "Vanne... D'amor Sull' Ali Rosee" (Leonora) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno
1.16 I Vespri Siciliani, Act 4: "Arrigo! Ah, Parli a Un Core" (Elena) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno
1.17 Attila, Act 1: "Liberamente or Piangi... Oh! Nel Fuggente Nuvolo" (Odabella) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno
1.18 Il Corsaro, Act 2: Verro Ah Conforto Sol la Speme" (Medora) - Maria Callas, Choeurs Et Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Nicola Rescigno
1.19 I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata, Act 1: "Te, Vergin Santa" (Viclinda) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno